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[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Do you think the people who fear migration care the slightest bit about anyone but themselves?

An awful number of them would support attacking rafts filled with refugees with military warships.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Nah, but the sinking rafts bullshit is a super dangerous ploy and needs to be addressed somehow. We cant incentivize it. Maybe just jail everyone involved so no one wants to pay just to sit in an Italian prison?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I'm sure people who accept the realistic risk of drowning - most cannot swim - will be discouraged by the threat of... being in a prison with better living conditions than their home?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Thats true. But something has to done about the sinking rafts.